Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies at Bowdoin equips students with knowledge, skills, and perspectives to understand the causes and consequences of local and global environmental problems, with the goal of developing just, equitable solutions. Our curriculum emphasizes thinking across and beyond disciplines and embracing interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural sciences.

221st Convocation: Bowdoin Officially Opens the Academic Year
The College celebrates its 221st Convocation in Pickard Theater, with a full audience of students, faculty, and staff.
Professor and Student Find a Surprisingly Verdant Landscape Far North
In July, professor Phil Camill and Ana Gunther ’23 traveled to Canada's Baffin Island, searching for color amid its remote and rocky terrain. What they discovered far exceeded their expectations.
Oasis of Opportunity: The Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island
When you tell anyone who is even remotely familiar with Kent Island that you are about to embark on a journey to this far-flung place, you hear two things—that it is an amazing opportunity for students and that it will take you forever and potentially four modes of transportation to get there.

Schiller Coastal Studies Center Kent Island